Aberdaron
Aberdaron | |
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The Tŷ Newydd Hotel on the beach at Aberdaron | |
Location within Gwynedd | |
Area | 47.71 km2 (18.42 sq mi) |
Population | 965 (2011) |
• Density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | SH173268 |
Community |
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Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PWLLHELI |
Postcode district | LL53 |
Dialling code | 01758 |
Police | North Wales |
Fire | North Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
Dwyfor Meirionnydd | |
Aberdaron (Welsh pronunciation:
Y Rhiw and Llanfaelrhys have long been linked by sharing rectors and by their close proximity, but were originally ecclesiastical parishes in themselves. The parish of Bodferin/Bodverin was assimilated in the 19th century. The village was the last rest stop for pilgrims heading to Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli), the legendary "island of 20,000 saints". In the 18th and 19th centuries it developed as a shipbuilding centre and port. The mining and quarrying industries became major employers, and
The coastal waters are part of Pen Llŷn a'r Sarnau Special Area of Conservation (
Etymology
Aberdaron means "Mouth of the Daron river", a reference to the river (Welsh: Afon Daron) which flows into the sea at Aberdaron Bay (Welsh: Bae Aberdaron).
The river itself is named after Daron, an ancient
Prehistory
The area around Aberdaron has been inhabited by people for millennia. Evidence from the
History
The church at Aberdaron had the ancient privilege of sanctuary. In 1094 Gruffudd ap Cynan, the exiled King of Gwynedd, sought refuge in the church while attempting to recapture his throne; he escaped in the monastic community's boat to Ireland.[17] He regained his territories in 1101, and in 1115 Gruffydd ap Rhys, the exiled prince of Deheubarth, took refuge at Aberdaron to escape capture by Gwynedd's ruler. Henry I of England had invaded Gwynedd the previous year, and faced by an overwhelming force, Gruffudd ap Cynan had been forced to pay homage and a substantial fine to Henry.[18] The King of Gwynedd, seeking to give up the exiled prince to Henry, ordered that the fugitive prince be dragged from the church by force, but his soldiers were beaten back by the local clergy; Gruffydd ap Rhys escaped under cover of night and fled south to join up with his supporters in Ystrad Tywi.[19]
Following the conquest of Gwynedd, in 1284, Edward I set about touring his new territories. He visited the castles at Conwy and Caernarfon. Court was held at Nefyn, at which his new subjects were expected to demonstrate their loyalty; and he visited Aberdaron on his way to Bardsey Abbey.[20]
The medieval townships of Aberdaron were Isseley (Bugelis, Rhedynfra, Dwyros, Anhegraig, Cyllyfelin, Gwthrian, Deuglawdd and Bodernabdwy), Uwchseley (Anelog, Pwlldefaid, Llanllawen, Ystohelig, Bodermid, Trecornen), Ultradaron (Penrhyn, Cadlan, Ysgo, Llanllawen), and Bodrydd (Penycaerau, Bodrydd, Bodwyddog). These locatives predate the idea of the modern ecclesiastical parish. Some were or became hamlets in themselves, whereas others have subsequently been divided – for example the modern Bodrydd Farm is only a part of the medieval township.
After the
Agricultural improvement and the Industrial Revolution came to Aberdaron in the 19th century. The Inclosure (Consolidation) Act 1801 was intended to make it easier for landlords to enclose and improve common land, introduce increased efficiency, bring more land under the plough, and reduce the high prices of agricultural production. Rhoshirwaun Common, following strong opposition, was enclosed in 1814; while the process was not completed in Aberdaron, Llanfaelrhys and Y Rhiw until 1861.[22] On the industrial front, mining developed as a major source of employment, especially at Y Rhiw, where manganese was discovered in 1827.[23]
During the
Governance
Aberdaron, Bardsey Island,
The community now forms an
From 1950, Aberdaron was part of
Geography
Aberdaron stands on the shore of Bae Aberdaron (English: Aberdaron Bay) in a small valley at the confluence of the Afon Daron and Afon Cyll-y-Felin, between the headlands of Uwchmynydd to the west, and Trwyn y Penrhyn to the east.[17] At the mouth of the bay stand two islands, Ynys Gwylan-Fawr and Ynys Gwylan-Fach, which together are known as Ynysoedd Gwylanod (English: Seagull Islands).[4] Gwylan-Fawr reaches 108 feet (33 metres) in height. The Llŷn Peninsula is a marine eroded platform, an extension of the Snowdonia massif, with a complex geology including Precambrian rocks.[9] The coastline is rocky, with crags, screes and low cliffs; heather-covered hills are separated by valleys occupied by pastures.[7]
To the east, Mynydd Rhiw, Mynydd y Graig and Mynydd Penarfynydd form a three-mile-long (five-kilometre) series of hog-back ridges of
East of Y Rhiw is an extensive low-lying plateau between 65 and 100 feet (20 and 30 m) and above sea level.[35] The coastal rock is softer here, and the sea has been free to erode the rock and boulder clay to form sand, resulting in the spacious beach of Porth Neigwl (or Hell's Mouth).[36]
West of Aberdaron, four peaks rise above the rocky shoreline at Uwchmynydd. Mynydd Anelog stands 627 feet (191 m) high, and another Marilyn, Mynydd Mawr at 525 feet (160 m), Mynydd y Gwyddel rises to 295 feet (90 m) and Mynydd Bychestyn is 330 feet (100 m) above sea level.[37]
Bardsey Island lies two miles (three kilometres) off Pen y Cil, where there is another Marilyn; Mynydd Enlli. The island is 5⁄8 mile (1 km) wide and 1 mile (1.5 km) long. The north east rises steeply from the sea to a height of 548 feet (167 m).[38] The western plain, in contrast, comprises low, and relatively flat, cultivated farmland; in the south the island narrows to an isthmus, connecting to a peninsula.[39]
The coast around Aberdaron has been the scene of many shipwrecks. In 1822, the Bardsey Island lighthouse tender was wrecked, with the loss of six lives; and in 1752, the schooner John the Baptist, carrying a cargo of oats from Wexford to Liverpool, was wrecked on the beach at Aberdaron.[40] The sailing ship Newry, with 400 passengers bound from Warrenpoint to Québec, was wrecked at Porth Orion in 1880. The crew abandoned the passengers, leaving just the captain, ship's mate and one sailor, assisted by three local men, to lead 375 men, women and children to safety.[41] A great storm swept the country on 26 October 1859 and many ships were lost: nine were wrecked at Porthor, seven of them with complete loss of life.[42] On the south coast, vessels were often driven ashore at Porth Neigwl by a combination of south westerly gales and treacherous offshore currents.[43] The Transit was lost in 1839, the Arfestone the following year, and the Henry Catherine in 1866.[42] The bay earned its English title, "Hell's Mouth", from its reputation for wrecks during the days of the sailing ship.[43]
Aberdaron is noted for low levels of air pollution. The Gwynedd State of the Environment Report in 2004 found levels of
Climate
Being situated at the west coast of the UK, Aberdaron has a distinct
- On 2 August 1995, Aberdaron equaled the highest ever August minimum temperature in Wales, at 22 °C, after recording the record high temperature for the village of 29.2 °C on the same day.[46]
- On 20 December 1998, the maximum temperature at Aberdaron was below average at 5 °C. The very next day, the highest January temperature ever observed in the UK was recorded there, at 20.1 °C. Yet the average temperature for that day was just 6.4 °C.[47]
- On 9 July 2009, Aberdaron equaled the lowest ever temperature for the UK for July, at -2.5 °C.[48]
- All of the record lows except for November and December were recorded in 2009, and they were all below freezing.[49]
Despite the fact that Aberdaron can have quite extreme weather, the number of frosts per year is very low, at around 7.2 days per year. This is comparable with coastal areas of Devon and Cornwall. The region, England NW and Wales N, averages 52.3 days, with December alone exceeding the average yearly amount of frost for Aberdaron. The village is generally quite windy throughout the year, particularly in Autumn and Winter. Sunshine amounts are lower than the UK average. Rainfall is well below the Wales average.[50]
Climate data for Aberdaron (2015) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.7 (65.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.9 (78.6) |
27.8 (82.0) |
29.2 (84.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.1 (68.2) |
29.2 (84.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
7.6 (45.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
10.9 (51.6) |
13.8 (56.8) |
15.9 (60.6) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.8 (64.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.7 (51.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
12.5 (54.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) |
4.0 (39.2) |
5.0 (41.0) |
6.0 (42.8) |
8.6 (47.5) |
10.9 (51.6) |
12.8 (55.0) |
13.2 (55.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
9.8 (49.6) |
7.3 (45.1) |
5.2 (41.4) |
8.3 (46.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | −10.8 (12.6) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 82.0 (3.23) |
58.5 (2.30) |
67.2 (2.65) |
58.0 (2.28) |
51.7 (2.04) |
58.5 (2.30) |
56.1 (2.21) |
71.8 (2.83) |
65.4 (2.57) |
106.7 (4.20) |
116.1 (4.57) |
82.2 (3.24) |
874.2 (34.42) |
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 14.4 | 11.2 | 12.4 | 10.5 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 14.6 | 15.9 | 13.4 | 141.9 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 46.4 | 68.1 | 98.9 | 145.4 | 185.2 | 166.4 | 170.2 | 158.8 | 121.8 | 89.7 | 54.2 | 40.8 | 1,345.9 |
Source 1: Aberdaron extremes[51] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Met Office[50] |
Economy
Sheep have been raised in the
Wrecking and smuggling supplemented local incomes. In 1743 John Roberts and Huw Bedward from Y Rhiw were found guilty of the murder of two shipwrecked sailors on the beach at Porth Neigwl on 6 January 1742, and hanged; Jonathan Morgan had been killed by a knife thrust into the nape of his neck, and Edward Halesham, described as a boy, had been choked to death.[54] A ship claimed to be from France unloaded illicit tea and brandy at Aberdaron in 1767, and attempted to sell its cargo to the locals;[40] a Revenue cutter discovered salt being smuggled at Porth Cadlan in 1809; and a schooner en route from Guernsey to Scotland was reported to have offloaded lace, tea, brandy and gin at Y Rhiw in 1824.[55]
During the 19th century good-quality
The outbreak of the
Tourism began to develop after 1918. The first tourist guide to the village was published in 1910 and extolled the virtues of "the salubrious sea and mountain breezes";[65] in addition to the two hotels in the village, local farmhouses took in visitors, which provided an extra source of income.[66]
At the 2001 census, 59.4 per cent of the population were in employment, and 23.5 per cent were self-employed; the unemployment rate was 2.3 per cent; and 16.0 per cent were retired.[67] Of those employed, 17.7 per cent worked in agriculture; 15.8 per cent in the wholesale and retail trades; 10.7 per cent in construction; and 10.5 per cent in education.[68] Those working from home amounted to 32.3 per cent; 15.2 per cent travelled less than six miles (ten kilometres) to their place of work; and 23.6 per cent travelled more than 25 miles (40 km).[69] The community is included in Pwllheli and Llŷn Regeneration Area and was identified in the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2005 as the electoral division in Gwynedd with least access to services; and was ranked 13th in Wales.[70] An agricultural census in 2000 recorded 33,562 sheep, 4,380 calves, 881 beef cattle, 607 dairy cattle, and 18 pigs; there were 310 acres (130 ha) of growing crops.[71]
Demography
Aberdaron had a population of 1,019 in 2001,[1] of which 20.6 per cent were below the age of 16, and 18.7 per cent were over 64 years of age.[72] Owner occupiers inhabited 53.7 per cent of the dwellings; and 21.7 per cent were rented; 19.6 per cent were holiday homes.[73] Central heating was installed in 62.8 per cent of dwellings; but 2.4 per cent were without sole use of a bath, shower or toilet.[74] The proportion of households without use of a vehicle was 14.3 per cent; but 40.9 per cent had two or more.[75] The population was predominantly white British; 97.8 per cent identified themselves as such;[76] 71.9 per cent were born in Wales; and 26.9 per cent in England.[77] The 2011 census revealed that 73.5% of residents identify themselves as Welsh speakers.
Population change in Aberdaron | ||||||||||
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Year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 |
Aberdaron | 1,141 | 1,442 | 1,234 | 1,389 | 1,350 | 1,239 | 1,266 | 1,247 | 1,202 | 1,170 |
Bardsey Island | 71 | 86 | 84 | 90 | 92 | 81 | 84 | 132 | 77 | |
Bodferin | 58 | 87 | 61 | 56 | 64 | 57 | 50 | 62 | 42 | 45 |
Llanfaelrhys | 224 | 246 | 262 | 258 | 236 | 255 | 208 | 198 | 186 | 490 |
Y Rhiw | 282 | 318 | 380 | 358 | 378 | 376 | 370 | 340 | 350 | |
Total | 1,705 | 2,164 | 2,023 | 2,145 | 2,118 | 2,019 | 1,975 | 1,931 | 1,912 | 1,782 |
Year | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 2001 | 2011 | ||
Aberdaron | 1,119 | 1,106 | 1,075 | 983 | 1,275 | 1,161 | 1,019 | 965 | ||
Bardsey Island | 124 | 53 | 58 | 54 | 14 | 17 | ||||
Bodferin | 49 | 43 | 43 | 36 | ||||||
Llanfaelrhys | 499 | 495 | 449 | 385 | ||||||
Y Rhiw | ||||||||||
Total | 1,791 | 1,697 | 1,625 | 1,458 | 1,289 | 1,178 | 1,019 | 965 | ||
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Landmarks
It is sometimes referred to as the "Land's End of North Wales", or in Welsh Pendraw'r Byd (roughly "far end of the world").[90]
Aberdaron
Two stone bridges, Pont Fawr (English: Large Bridge) and Pont Fach (English: Small Bridge), built in 1823, cross the Afon Daron and Afon Cyll y Felin in the centre of Aberdaron. Beyond the bridges the road opens up to create a small market square.
Y Gegin Fawr (English: The Big Kitchen) was built in the 13th century as a communal kitchen where pilgrims could claim a meal on their way to Bardsey Island.[91] Aberdaron was the last place on the route for rest and refreshment and pilgrims often had to wait weeks in the village for a chance to cross the treacherous waters of Bardsey Sound (Welsh: Swnt Enlli).[90]
1 mile up the road towards Porth Meudwy, you will find Cae y Grogbren (English: Gallows Field), near which is a large red rock. In the
Above the village, on the Afon Daron, stands Bodwrdda, an early 16th-century stone-built house, which had a fulling mill adjacent; two large brick-built wings were added later, giving an imposing three-storey facade containing 17th-century windows. To the south, Penrhyn Mawr is a substantial late-18th-century gable-fronted farmhouse.[93]
The National Trust maintains a visitors' centre at Porth y Swnt,[94] which was opened in 2014.[95]
Bardsey Island
Bardsey Island, two miles (three kilometres) off the mainland,[96] was inhabited in Neolithic times, and traces of hut circles remain. During the 5th century the island became a refuge for persecuted Christians,[97] and a small Celtic monastery existed.[98] Saint Cadfan arrived from Brittany in 516 and, under his guidance, St Mary's Abbey was built.[99] For centuries the island was important as "the holy place of burial for all the bravest and best in the land". Bards called it "the land of indulgences, absolution and pardon, the road to Heaven, and the gate to Paradise",[97] and in medieval times three pilgrimages to Bardsey Island were considered to be of equivalent benefit to the soul as one to Rome.[100] In 1188 the abbey was still a Celtic institution, but by 1212 it belonged to the Augustinians.[101] Many people still walk to Aberdaron and Uwchmynydd each year in the footsteps of the saints,[90] although today only ruins of the old abbey's 13th-century bell tower remain.[101] A Celtic cross amidst the ruins commemorates the 20,000 saints reputed to be buried on the island.[102]
The island was declared a
Bardsey Island Trust bought the island in 1979,
The
Llanfaelrhys
Porth Ysgo, owned by the
To the west, King Arthur's last battle against his arch enemy, Mordred, was supposedly fought in the fields around Porth Cadlan. Offshore lies a rock, Maen Gwenonwy, named after Arthur's sister.[112]
Lladron Maelrhys are two large stones on the border between Llanfaelrhys and Y Rhiw. It is claimed that, years ago, thieves broke into St Maelrhys Church, intent on stealing money. Caught in the act, they fled for their lives but were caught as they approached Y Rhiw, and killed on the spot; the stones mark their burial place.[113] Another version claims that as they crossed the parish boundary they were turned to stone for their sacrilege.[114]
Porthor
Porthor (English: Whistling Sands) is a
On the hill summits that dot the headlands are
To the south are Dinas Bach and Dinas Mawr, twin peninsulas formed from weathered
North of Porthor is Porth Iago, a south-facing narrow inlet and rocky cove, which has a small beach and steep cliffs.[38]
Rhoshirwaun
Rhoshirwaun lies two miles (three kilometres) northeast of Aberdaron, and was formerly a
Castell Odo, on Mynydd Ystum, is one of Europe's earliest Iron Age Settlements, standing 480 feet (150 m) above sea level. The hillfort, 165 feet (50 m) in diameter,[119] has visible traces of eight circular huts; pottery found on the site dates from 425 BC.[90] Legend has it that a giant, Odo Gawr, is buried under a cairn of stones on the summit; nearby is a huge rock known as Carreg Samson, supposedly thrown from Uwchmynydd by Samson. The holes in the rock are said to be the imprint of his fingers; a pot of gold reputedly lies underneath.[40]
To the east of the village, Felin Uchaf is an educational centre exploring ways of living and working in partnership with the environment. Developed on a redundant farm, it provides residential courses in rural skills and sustainable agriculture. A traditional Iron Age roundhouse has been built on the site.[120]
Uwchmynydd
Uwchmynydd, 1+3⁄4 miles (3 km) southwest of Aberdaron, has a long history of human settlement. Mesolithic flints have been found in the area, and a Neolithic stone axe was discovered on Mynydd Mawr. Hut circles are visible on the summits, and part of a Roman anchor was recovered off Trwyn Bychestyn.[37]
At Mynydd Mawr the
The headland at Braich y Pwll is the only known location on the British mainland of the
Above the sea cliffs are the remains of Capel Mair (English: St Mary's Chapel),
Cwrt (English: Court), now a large farm, was the administrative centre of Bardsey Abbey's mainland estates, and was known as the "Court of Bardsey".[93] The steepest cliffs in the Llŷn Peninsula are at Y Parwyd, the scene of a local ghost story. In 1794 a newly married couple moved into a cottage nearby. Within a few years they were disturbed by a phantom, but when they read a verse from the Bible, the phantom would retreat towards Y Parwyd and hover over the cliff edge before disappearing; the couple finally moved to Bodferin. In 1801 a ship pilot was put ashore on the rocks below the cliffs. Although very drunk, he managed to climb the cliff face and, reaching the top, fell asleep in a sheep pen. In the early morning, he awoke and, still drunk, headed for home; he walked in the wrong direction, however, and disappeared over the cliff edge into the sea.[124]
The traditional embarkation point for pilgrims crossing to Bardsey Island was at Porth Meudwy (English: Hermit's Cove), now a
Y Rhiw
The mountain-top hamlet of Y Rhiw is four miles (six kilometres) to the east. There are fine views of
Bwlch y Garreg Wen at Y Rhiw, built in 1731, is a croglofft cottage, a type of agricultural worker's house found in Llŷn.
Transport
Aberdaron lies at the western end of the B4413 road. The road runs east to Llanbedrog, where it connects with the A499 Pwllheli to Abersoch road.[128]
Bardsey Boat Trips operates passenger ferries between Porth Meudwy and Bardsey Island. These are supplemented by Enlli Charters, who sail between Pwllheli and the island.[129][130] At low tide, the ferry boat has to be hauled up to the boathouse by tractor before passengers can disembark.
Buses are provided by two companies. Service 17 is operated by Nefyn Coaches, with six Monday to Saturday return journeys on the Pwllheli–Llanbedrog–Mynytho–Nanhoron–Botwnnog–Sarn Meyllteyrn–Penygroeslon–Rhoshirwaun–Aberdaron route. Two of the Aberdaron bound journeys divert through Bryn-croes. Arriva Buses Wales provide a late-night return journey on Saturdays. Service 17 is supplemented by Nefyn Coaches service 17b, running return journeys twice a day, Monday to Saturday, largely over the same route, but with diversions to serve Penllech and Llangwnnad towards Aberdaron, or Penycaerau and Y Rhiw heading back to Pwllheli.[131]
There is a Nefyn Coaches service, 8b running routes only on Wednesdays, between Nefyn, Rhydlios, Rhiw and Uwchmynydd.[132]
On weekdays other than Wednesdays, Nefyn Coaches service 334 runs a morning route between Rhydlios and Nefyn. A second journey at midday operates from Uwchmynydd over the same route to Nefyn, and on to Pwllheli. Each weekday, an early-evening bus runs the Penygroeslon to Uwchmynydd route, while on Wednesdays during school holidays an afternoon Rhydlios to Pwllheli bus runs.[132]
The nearest
Public services
Water and sanitation are provided by
Law enforcement is the responsibility of North Wales Police, formed in 1967 as Gwynedd Constabulary.[139] North Wales Fire and Rescue Service was created in 1996 by the merger of the Gwynedd and Clwyd fire brigades; it provides public protection services, operating out of the fire station at Abersoch.[140]
Education
In the early 19th century there was a school for poor children, which moved in a four-year cycle between Aberdaron, Llanfaelrhys, Bryncroes and Y Rhiw.[19] The Elementary Education Act 1870 provided for local school boards, but was opposed by the established church. The process of establishing boards was lengthy, and the government had to enforce the regulations in Aberdaron, Llanfaelrhys and Y Rhiw;[8] the national school opened at Y Rhiw in 1877 and had 74 pupils on its register; it closed in 1965.[141]
Culture
Aberdaron is a predominantly
The poet R. S. Thomas was vicar of St Hywyn's Church from 1967 to 1978; when he retired he lived for some years in Y Rhiw.[154] An ardent Welsh nationalist who learnt to speak Welsh, his poetry was based on his religious faith. In 1995 he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature,[155] and he was widely regarded as the best religious poet of his time.[156] The subject of one of Thomas's poems, Richard Robert Jones, better known as "Dic Aberdaron", was born in the village in 1780. Despite very little formal education, he is said to have been fluent in 14 languages, and spent years travelling the country accompanied by his books and his cat.[157]
William Rowlands won a prize at the
During the early 1920s, South African poet Roy Campbell and his aristocratic English wife Mary Garman lived in a "croglofft cottage" above Porth Ysgo.[159] According to his biographer Joseph Pearce, Roy and Mary Campbell shocked the local population with their flashy, colorful clothing, unkempt appearances, and lack of bashfulness about nudity and sex.[160] Furthermore, the Campbell's first child, their daughter Teresa, was born, with assistance of a local midwife, inside the cottage during the stormy night of 26 November 1922.[161] Campbell's first widely successful and popular poem, The Flaming Terrapin, was completed in the cottage and mailed to its publisher from Aberdaron,[159] after which Campbell was widely praised and long afterward considered to be one of the best poets of the Interwar period.[162]
Considered one of the most significant Welsh poets of the 15th century,
Yorkshire-born poet
Edgar Ewart Pritchard, an amateur film-maker from
Dilys Cadwaladr, the former school teacher on Bardsey Island, in 1953 became the first woman to win the Crown at the National Eisteddfod for her long poem Y Llen; and artist Brenda Chamberlain twice won the gold medal for Art at the Eisteddfod; some of the murals she painted can still be seen on the walls of Carreg, her island home from 1947 to 1962. Wildlife artist Kim Atkinson, whose work has been widely exhibited in Wales and England, spent her childhood on the island and returned to live there in the 1980s.[169]
Since 1999, Bardsey Island Trust has appointed an Artist in Residence to spend several weeks on the island producing work which is later exhibited on the mainland. A Welsh literary residence was created in 2002; singer-songwriter Fflur Dafydd spent six weeks working on a collection of poetry and prose.[169] Her play Hugo was inspired by her stay, and she has produced two novels, Atyniad (English: Attraction), which won the prose medal at the 2006 Eisteddfod; and Twenty Thousand Saints, winner of the Oxfam Hay Prize, which tells how the women of the island, starved of men, turn to each other.[170]
It was tradition for Bardsey Island to elect the "King of Bardsey" (Welsh: Brenin Enlli), and from 1820 onwards he would be crowned by Baron Newborough or his representative;[171] the crown is now kept at Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool, although calls have been made for it to return to Gwynedd.[172] At the outbreak of the First World War, the last king, Love Pritchard, offered himself and the men of the island for military service, but he was refused as he was considered too old at the age of 71; Pritchard took umbrage, and declared the island to be a neutral power.[171] In 1925 Pritchard left the island for the mainland, to seek a less laborious way of life, but died the following year.[173]
Owen Griffith, a qualified pharmacist from Penycaerau, who was known as the "Doctor of the Wild Wart", used a traditional herbalist remedy to cure
There are several folk tales of the Tylwyth Teg, the fairy people who inhabited the area and an invisible land in Cardigan Bay. One tells of a farmer from Aberdaron who was in the habit of stepping outside his house before retiring to bed. One night he was spoken to by a stranger, who asked why the farmer was annoyed by him. The farmer, confused, asked what the stranger meant and was told to stand with one foot on the stranger's. This he did, and could see another house, just below his own, and that all the farm's slops went down the chimney of the invisible house. The stranger asked if the farmer would move his door to the other side of the house, which the farmer subsequently did, walling up the original door; from that day, the farmer's livestock flourished, and he became one of the most prosperous men in the area.[175]
Religion
A church was founded in Aberdaron in the 6th century by Saint Hywyn, a follower of
In 2008 the church became the centre of controversy when the new vicar Jim Cotter, himself gay, blessed a gay civil partnership. The vicar was reprimanded by Barry Morgan, the Archbishop of Wales. Referring to the archbishop's protests, the vicar stated "There was a bit of a to-do about it".[179]
The church at
St Aelrhiw's Church at
One of the first
At the 2001 census 73.9 per cent of the population claimed to be Christian and 15.0 per cent stated that they had no religion.[190]
Sport
Aberdaron hosts numerous
The village is a popular walking centre and lies on the Llŷn Coastal Path, which runs 84 miles (135 km) from Caernarfon to Porthmadog[193] as part of the Wales Coast Path. Kayaking is possible from both Aberdaron and Porth Neigwl, and the south-facing "sunshine coast" is a major attraction; there are camping facilities for canoeists on the shores of Porth Neigwl. Tidal streams are generally weak, although landing conditions are tricky when there is wind or swell from the south.
The area has excellent diving. Underwater visibility at Bardsey Island extends to 66 feet (20 m) and there is a rich variety of sea life; it is considered some of the best diving in Gwynedd.[194] The Ynysoedd Gwylanod are particularly popular, and the wreck of the Glenocum, in Bae Aberdaron, is excellent for novices, having a maximum depth of 26 feet (7.9 m); an extremely large conger eel lives in the lower section of the boiler openings.[195] There is spectacular diving at Pen y Cil, where there is a slate wreck and an unusual cave dive; nearby Carreg Ddu is an isolated rocky island in Bardsey Sound, although care must be taken as there are strong currents.[196]
Aberdaron Beach is a surfing and bodyboarding location for surfers of all levels, although it can be dangerous at high tide when the waves break directly onto boulders underneath the cliff.[199][200] The better surfers head for the northern end.[201]
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- Office for National Statistics
- Y Rhiw